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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Nashville, TN

February 5, 20084 counties in Tennessee

NWS Nashville, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 7:55 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2008, 7:55 PM CST (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2008, 8:30 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Nashville, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Stewart County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 5, 8:07 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG9 N Camden, TNTRAILERS DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN BIG SANDY.
Feb 5, 8:07 PM CSTTORNADOBig Sandy, TNTRAILERS DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
Feb 5, 8:12 PM CSTHAIL 1.25Big Sandy, TNHAIL COVERING THE GROUND
Feb 5, 8:12 PM CSTTORNADO 19 W Tennessee Ridge, TNTHIS TORNADO IS A CONTINUATION OF A TORNADO THAT STARTED IN NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY. IT DAMAGED HOMES AND UPROOTED AND SNAPPED MANY TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 147 FROM THE TENNESSEE RIVER EAST TO JUST WEST NORTHWEST OF MCKINNON. PATH LENGTH IN HOUSTON COUNTY WAS 2.6 M
Feb 5, 8:30 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGWaverly, TN3 TREES DOWN IN COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 5, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 706 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 300 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KOHX 060156
TOROHX
TNC005-083-085-161-060230-
/O.NEW.KOHX.TO.W.0007.080206T0155Z-080206T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
755 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
  WESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY...
  SOUTHWESTERN STEWART COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 754 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
  CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN AROUND 800 PM CST...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3608 8769 3599 8822 3612 8823 3627 8810
      3635 8811 3638 8808 3638 8802 3641 8805
      3655 8788
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 235DEG 41KT 3610 8823

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Nashville, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 7:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton30 min
Feb 5, 7:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne36 min
Feb 5, 8:10 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis, Perry, Wayne35 min
Feb 5, 8:29 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHouston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Stewart31 min
Feb 5, 8:35 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson, Hickman, Lewis, Maury, Williamson25 min
Feb 5, 8:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Humphreys33 min
Feb 5, 8:57 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Maury, Williamson33 min
Feb 5, 9:17 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson, Williamson28 min
Feb 5, 9:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Sumner, Wilson35 min
Feb 5, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXMacon, Sumner, Trousdale39 min
Feb 5, 10:48 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton27 min
Feb 5, 11:10 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXBenton, Houston, Humphreys35 min
Feb 5, 11:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys, Perry30 min
Feb 5, 11:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart37 min
Feb 5, 11:40 PM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Humphreys35 min
Feb 5, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXMontgomery34 min
Feb 6, 12:02 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDickson28 min
Feb 6, 12:06 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMontgomery24 min
Feb 6, 12:19 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXCheatham, Davidson26 min
Feb 6, 12:32 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXPerry, Wayne28 min
Feb 6, 12:47 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson21 min
Feb 6, 1:03 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXHickman, Lewis27 min
Feb 6, 1:05 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner25 min
Feb 6, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Dickson, Williamson24 min
Feb 6, 1:27 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXMaury, Williamson33 min
Feb 6, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXSumner13 min
Feb 6, 1:53 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson37 min
Feb 6, 1:59 AM CSTTornado WarningOHXBedford, Marshall, Rutherford31 min
Feb 6, 2:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGiles, Lawrence, Marshall, Maury29 min
Feb 6, 2:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXRutherford, Wilson28 min
Feb 6, 3:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Jackson, Overton, Putnam and 1 more37 min
Feb 6, 4:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXOverton, Putnam25 min
Feb 6, 5:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXGrundy28 min
Feb 6, 11:59 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryOHXBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 33 more6 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.